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Karthus·Runes for Bot

Death DefiedP
Lay WasteQ
Wall of PainW
DefileE
RequiemR
Win rate55.0%
Pick rate1.1%
Ban rate46.4%
Matches8 183-
Karthus Bot has a 55.0% win rate with 1.1% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked S tier. Based on our analysis of 8 183 matches in Patch 14.10 the best runes for Karthus Bot are Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter for primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Absolute Focus for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health.
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Karthus Runes

Bot Bot ∙ Patch 14.10
Dark HarvestSorcery

Domination / Sorcery

Win Rate 53.8% and PickRate 1.6% based on 130 matches

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In patch 14.10, Dark Harvest Karthus has 53.8% winrate in Bot. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Manaflow Band and Absolute Focus.

Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot
54.0%
76.9%
100
Taste of Blood
51.7%
22.3%
29
Sudden Impact
100.0%
0.8%
1
Zombie Ward
—
—
—
Ghost Poro
50.0%
1.5%
2
Eyeball Collection
53.9%
98.5%
128
Treasure Hunter
42.9%
5.4%
7
Relentless Hunter
—
—
—
Ultimate Hunter
54.5%
94.6%
123
Sorcery

Sorcery

Nullifying Orb
—
—
—
Manaflow Band
60.4%
20.4%
53
Nimbus Cloak
—
—
—
Transcendence
42.2%
17.3%
45
Celerity
—
0.8%
1
Absolute Focus
57.5%
15.4%
40
Scorch
50.0%
1.5%
4
Waterwalking
—
—
—
Gathering Storm
54.7%
45.0%
117
Adaptive Force
54.2%
92.3%
120
Attack Speed
100.0%
0.8%
1
Ability Haste
44.4%
6.9%
9
Adaptive Force
54.8%
96.9%
126
Move Speed
33.3%
2.3%
3
Health Scaling
—
0.8%
1
Health
65.7%
26.9%
35
Tenacity and Slow Resist
50.0%
3.1%
4
Health Scaling
49.5%
70.0%
91
What are these metrics?

Karthus Matchups Overview

Weak Against

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Nunu & Willump

47.0%

Win Rate

Volibear

47.5%

Win Rate

Bel'Veth

48.6%

Win Rate

Nidalee

48.8%

Win Rate

Ivern

49.2%

Win Rate

Fiddlesticks

49.4%

Win Rate

Strong Against

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Sylas

58.5%

Win Rate

Kha'Zix

56.0%

Win Rate

Lee Sin

55.5%

Win Rate

Shaco

55.4%

Win Rate

Jax

55.0%

Win Rate

Taliyah

55.0%

Win Rate

Best Synergy (DUO)

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Rengar

61.1%

Win Rate

Akshan

59.2%

Win Rate

Camille

57.6%

Win Rate

Talon

57.4%

Win Rate

Pantheon

57.0%

Win Rate

Kled

56.7%

Win Rate

Karthus General information

Karthus tips and tricks

Farm with Lay WasteQ in the early game to make it easier for your to pick up CS.

Deactivate your Defile DefileE once the skirmish has finished as it will eat through your mana bar.

Keep an eye on the minimap at all times and use your RequiemR to pick up kills on low health.

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